Priest shot dead in Ampaa’rai

[TamilNet, Monday, 18 February 2008, 00:12 GMT]Unidentified armed men on motor cycle shot and killed Sunday around 9:30 p.m a Christian clergy at his house in Ampaa’rai town in Ampaa’rai district, sources in Ampaa’rai said. His wife, seriously injured in the shooting, was rushed to Ampaa’rai government hospital.

The victim was identified as Rev. Nielsen, 39, a native of Kurunagala district.